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Caldwell, Robert M.; Hedl, John J., Jr. – Urban Review, 1984
Reports on a study that (1) examined the effectiveness of computer-based education in developing literacy and mathematics skills in young adults to enable them to secure unsubsidized employment and (2) compared motivation of CETA-funded students with those who sought training voluntarily. Discusses failures of CETA training projects and makes…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth
Geller, Daniel M.; Shugoll, Mark – 1983
This paper reports the preliminary results of an experiment on the impact of computer assisted instruction (CAI) on disadvantaged students participating in the U.S. Department of Labor's Job Corps Program. In 1980-81, data were collected from participants in the Job Corps Comprehensive Computer Program at a large center in the Southwest. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dropout Programs, Educational Experiments
Community Service Society of New York, NY. – 1984
This report summarizes and assesses Project REAL (Return to Employment and Learning), which attempted to attack the high rate of youth crime by focusing on youth offenders who, because they committed repeated serious offenses, were likely to become career criminals. Following a brief introduction, the report describes typical Project REAL clients…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Crime Prevention, Criminals